She's bravely spoken about her experiences ahead of the film
A Nottingham woman who spent three years visiting her boyfriend in prison to rebuild their relationship has told of her life haunted by addiction and an absent mother. Lisa Selby thought she had another chance at feeling loved and accepted when she met Elliot through an alcohol recovery programme.
"And I wanted to show him what I had to sit with sober. I was just hoping that it might make a difference. But now she has decided to share her video diary with the world, discussing addiction and heartbreak. Co-directors Rebecca Lloyd-Evans, Lisa Selby, Alex Fry and producer Natasha Dack Ojumu have worked together on creating the film. This raw, personal film was written by Ms Selby and Josie Cole.
"I felt like everyone had a mum and I did not when I was a child. And then I have not been able to be a mum. All of those things made me feel very alone." When she was just 10 months old, her mother Helen simply dropped her off at the babysitter's house - and never came back. Interviewing her mum was like "having a neighbour visiting and having a cup of tea, not really getting to know very much", Ms Selby said. "She was always in party mode.
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